Germany Sees More Than 230% Rise in Tax Assessment Objections

Germany reported a massive influx of objections to its tax assessments following reforms to the country’s property tax and valuation law.

The number of objections filed grew from almost 3 million in 2022 to nearly 10 million in 2023—a 233% increase. The statistics were published as part of the Federal Ministry of Finance September 2024 monthly report.

New data from the German government comes in the wake of the country’s 2019 overhaul of its property tax and valuation law . The government was compelled to do so after the German Federal Constitutional Court ruled in 2018 that the ...